Category: Kamban
Microsoft removed today an arbitrary 32GB size limit for FAT32 partitions in the latest Windows 11 Canary build, now allowing for a maximum size of 2TB. “When formatting disks from the command line using the format command, we’ve increased the FAT32 size limit from 32GB to 2TB,” the Windows Insider team said today. Previously, despite…
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RansomHub ransomware operators are now deploying new malware to disable Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) security software in Bring Your Own Vulnerable Driver (BYOVD) attacks. Named EDRKillShifter by Sophos security researchers who discovered it during a May 2024 ransomware investigation, the malware deploys a legitimate, vulnerable driver on targeted devices to escalate privileges, disable security…
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When tech companies look for ways to optimize operations, respond to changing market conditions, re-adjust priorities, or even shut down their operation, the impact on employee livelihood can be big. CRN looks at 10 of the most significant tech layoffs that have made their mark so far in 2024. IT Sector Layoffs Still Happening In…
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Microsoft has disabled a fix for a BitLocker security feature bypass vulnerability due to firmware incompatibility issues that were causing patched Windows devices to go into BitLocker recovery mode. Tracked as CVE-2024-38058, this important severity security flaw can let attackers bypass the BitLocker Device Encryption feature and access encrypted data with physical access to the…
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Microsoft has shared a temporary fix for a known issue that causes Microsoft 365 apps like Outlook, Word, and OneNote to unexpectedly crash while typing or spell-checking a text. According to a support document published on Wednesday, these crashes affect users of Excel for Microsoft 365, Word for Microsoft 365, Outlook for Microsoft 365, PowerPoint…
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On July 19, 2024, a seemingly routine CrowdStrike update caused a global IT meltdown. Millions of systems running Windows 10 and later experienced vital failures, bringing banks, airports, and critical infrastructure to a halt. The cause? A configuration error in the CrowdStrike Falcon sensor update. The CrowdStrike outage was more than just a temporary inconvenience;…
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Georgy Kavzharadze, a 27-year-old Russian national, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison for selling login credentials for over 300,000 accounts on Slilpp, the largest online marketplace of stolen logins, until its seizure in June 2021. In a Wednesday press release, the U.S. Department of Justice said that Kavzharadze (also known as TeRorPP, Torqovec,…
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Microsoft warned customers this Tuesday to patch a critical TCP/IP remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability with an increased likelihood of exploitation that impacts all Windows systems using IPv6, which is enabled by default. Tracked as CVE-2024-38063, this security bug is caused by an Integer Underflow weakness, which attackers could exploit to trigger buffer overflows that…
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‘Our partners now are going to be able to have a much more comprehensive conversations with their customers on that hypervisor strategy topic,’ Dell Technologies executive Drew Schulke tells CRN. Dell Technologies and Nutanix are partnering on new storage device products and new go-to-market strategy that is taking dead aim at the market looking for…
Read MoreMicrosoft warned customers this Tuesday to patch a critical TCP/IP remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability with an increased likelihood of exploitation that impacts all Windows systems using IPv6, which is enabled by default. Tracked as CVE-2024-38063, this security bug is caused by an Integer Underflow weakness, which attackers could exploit to trigger buffer overflows that…
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